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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by forgetsusername on Saturday April 23, 2016 @05:51PM (#11557575)
>Anyone else barely sees the light of day, and get downvoted to smithereens.

Hey look, you're down-voted.

I agree. Look at some of the "top-posters" on the HN scoreboard. Much of their commentary is tepid oatmeal that panders to the "easy" things that HN likes.

>HN = most elitist comment

I'm not sure I agree with "elitist", but there's definitely a thing, which is well defined by things like "Shit HN says".

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Re:Ex-Reddit exec launches 'Imzy,' a warmer, fuzzier Reddit by Karunamon on Saturday April 23, 2016 @07:51PM (#11557922)
Shit HN says? You mean that twitter account[1] that posts one-off comments, devoid of any and all context, and then attributes it to the entire site as if it were one person? Or representative of the site's users in any way?

Nothing positive, or useful, or interesting has ever come out of a "Shit (community) says" group. Those types of (what's the word here.. articles? groups? Whatever, things) are always crass, point-and-laugh-derisively-at-the-stupid-people-ha-ha-look-how-stupid-they-are affairs.

Reddit's instance of this cancer (and I don't believe I've chosen the wrong term for something this awful) even functions as a more or less sanctioned voting brigade.

[1]: https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says

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